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Author:  Topsecret66 [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:53 pm ]
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Picked up a 4870 from MB tody to see if there was a improvement.

In 3d mark I almost reached 500 pts higher than the 8800.

The driver install is a little sketchy but that may be human error. I'm mentioning it just for the fact I stumbled upon it.


Thats the news so far. .. Ill be trying a few more games tongiht to calc the diffy's and avg's.

If you have a 8800 and are thinking of a 4870 ATM. I would suggest no so far. But the testing continues...

Author:  Denty [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:17 pm ]
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i got a 4870, beat my 8800gt by 1100 points

Author:  Denty [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:17 pm ]
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4870 puts out a masiive amount of heat

Author:  Dr_BenD_over [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:29 pm ]
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Denty wrote:
4870 puts out a masiive amount of heat

Quit yer moaning :P , just override the fan speed. Early BIOS's seem to have crappy fan settings.

Author:  Topsecret66 [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:29 pm ]
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71C at idle actually.

World of warcraft the framerate is 2 fps less avg.

Grid I can't tell now it seems better with 4x AA but i think i had 16qqASaff or soething wit hthe 8800GTS..

Author:  Topsecret66 [ Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:29 pm ]
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Still reviewing the card.

Author:  Topsecret66 [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:11 am ]
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464 point 3d mark increase from 8800 gts oc.

Frames in Grid @ same settings @ 1900x12 seem about the same. WOW is the same, Crysis is about a 3fps improvement.

Great card! I like it alot. It runs very hot (71C idle).

Great alternative and not a bad buy.

Would wait for the X2 of it! :D

Author:  Dr_BenD_over [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:54 pm ]
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Topsecret66 wrote:
71C at idle actually.

World of warcraft the framerate is 2 fps less avg.

Grid I can't tell now it seems better with 4x AA but i think i had 16qqASaff or soething wit hthe 8800GTS..


Odd, my X2 sez 71 too, maybe it doesn't work yet.

Author:  maverick_brent [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:10 pm ]
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i know with my 4850 i had to modify the .xml profile to set my fan speed up. idle temps were 80c idle, and 81c load, now its running at around 48-50 idle and not sure about load. mind you i have the fan set @ 48& so its barely noticable...

Author:  ronedogg [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:24 pm ]
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damn they are hot runnin cards eh
my 9800gtx runs with the fan stock speeds idle 55-60 on load high 60s. but i put the fan up to 70% all the time adn 100% in gaming and benching.keeps the card below 60c for the most part on load. no load its idles around 40s

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